NTNUJAVA Virtual Physics LaboratoryEnjoy the fun of physics with simulations! Backup site http://enjoy.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/
February 26, 2020, 02:54:09 am

The most important medicine is tender love and care. ..."Mother Teresa(1910-1997, Roman Catholic Missionary, 1979 Nobel Peace Prize)"

 Pages: [1]   Go Down
 Author Topic: Which one will roll down faster?  (Read 4530 times) 0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. Click to toggle author information(expand message area).
Fu-Kwun Hwang
Hero Member

Offline

Posts: 3085

 « Embed this message on: March 13, 2010, 11:15:43 pm » posted from:Taipei,T\'ai-pei,Taiwan

There are two disks with the same radius $R$ in the following simulation.
The rolling motion for both disk are the same because both disks has the same radius and mass.
Assume the density is the same, what will happen if one of the disk is larger?
If we replace one of the disk with larger radius, $r_1>r_2$ ($m_1>m_2$, then
which one of them will roll down faster?
The one with larger radius? or the one with smaller radius ? WHY?

Embed a running copy of this simulation

Embed a running copy link(show simulation in a popuped window)
Full screen applet or Problem viewing java?Add http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ to exception site list